Ellen & Portia talk babies

It’s been widely speculated that Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia De Rossi are expecting their first child together.

And instead of shying away, the couple decided to sit down and address the rumours head-on.

Portia, 41, made a special appearance on her wife’s chat show Ellen, and was more than happy to answer questions sent in by viewers, the first asking whether the couple are having a baby or not.

Portia replied “It would be so fun for everybody if we were.”

“There’s a magazine cover.” she continued. “Did you see, it says ‘They’re FINALLY starting a family!’ Like are people really that mad at us?”

“We’ve waited way too long,” Ellen responded.

Portia then put the rumours to bed, telling the audience that the couple do not have a baby on the way.

“Good for me to know now,” Ellen joked.

See the rest of the interview below:

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27 Comments

- - ella12 said
  - 17 Jan 2018
    11:26 am
Some people need to mind their business, it isn’t that easy for everyone.

- - mom105598 said
  - 01 Jan 2015
    10:45 pm
Leave them alone, they are human too and have the right to love who you love, hope they have kids i fully support them, love your show ellen, and Portia your Just so beautiful ohh you to ellen lol sandra brown Australia

- - Karan said
  - 10 Nov 2014
    8:49 pm
i like ellen and portia. i loved it when they got married

- - shortaez said
  - 31 Oct 2014
    2:06 pm
No I never got asked at all

- - mrsgreen12 said
  - 23 Oct 2014
    6:02 pm
Im glad they dont feel pressured to have kids,
it would be great either way
love them both

- - Lov'n'Life said
  - 20 Oct 2014
    10:31 am
they did even though we had children in our early 20’s I think as soon as you get married people expect it straight away

- - deb_gs said
  - 16 Oct 2014
    9:43 pm
Nice touch addressing the topic on Ellen’s own show.

- - mom73211 said
  - 16 Oct 2014
    7:52 pm
People at our wedding reception were eager and asking us when to expect a baby!! Argh

- - rachkap said
  - 16 Oct 2014
    2:52 am
Ellen really looks at Portia with such love in her eyes!

- - memo said
  - 15 Oct 2014
    11:54 pm
Ellen and Portia would make great parents, however it is a big commitment, their choice either way
- cloverstorm replied
  
  29 Oct 2014 , 1:10 am
  Agreed, they would be so good, but their decision & they seem very happy together.
- - damish70 said
  - 15 Oct 2014
    10:49 pm
Yes people are nosey but on the other hand I think its a natural thing to ask especially when you see a happy couple who you think would make great parents. Historically isn’t that what relationships/marriage is about….procreation?

- - deangunna said
  - 15 Oct 2014
    9:59 pm
I don’t think they want a baby.

- - teak said
  - 15 Oct 2014
    9:31 pm
I keep seeing rumours that they’ve broken up. Why does media make things up?

- - hopefullyheidi said
  - 15 Oct 2014
    8:40 pm
Portia seems to have lost her Australian accent for an Amnerican one. I guess she has lived there so long now.

- - crystalangela said
  - 15 Oct 2014
    6:08 pm
A shame they aren’t having a baby, they would be such nice parents.

I tell you, I got so sick of everyone asking us if we were having kids that in the end we told them that we couldn’t. It did stop the questions for a couple of years.

- - cherz said
  - 15 Oct 2014
    3:50 pm
Some people are just sooo nosy.. folks will let you know when they are getting married, when they are expecting etc when it right for them and if they don’t then that is their business and not yours.
So nice of Ellen and Portia to put rumours to an end.

- - mom57522 said
  - 15 Oct 2014
    2:08 pm
No one ever excepted me to have any kids, so I surprised everyone!

- - Jacki said
  - 15 Oct 2014
    1:52 pm
Why is it expected of people who are married to start a family? I know soooooooo many people have asked when my husband of 19 years & I are going to have more kids. I have one son from a relationship before I met him and he has been the only father my son has ever known. We tried for many many years to have another child, without telling people, because we wanted to do this for our own little unit…not because others expected it of us. They get all mad at us when we say it’s not what was meant to happen. “oh did you go for tests? Did you see Drs?”

What concern to them is it if we did or did not? What makes it their place to demand (in a way) that we have kids? They don’t see that we were heartbroken every single time it never happened & they make it worse when they ask. It’s not their place to ask such a thing.

- - meedee said
  - 15 Oct 2014
    1:14 pm
Its really so rude of people isnt it? When are you going to start a family? As if everyone is suited to or wants children. It should be something that you just do…you should only have children if you really have the time and love in your heart to do so,

- - mom101330 said
  - 15 Oct 2014
    12:56 pm
It is sad that so many people have expectations that people should have children and conform the societal norms.